Railway draft appliances – Cushioned – Drawbars
Patent
1996-05-24
1997-12-30
Le, Mark T.
Railway draft appliances
Cushioned
Drawbars
213 74, 213 75R, B61G 500
Patent
active
057020124
ABSTRACT:
A rotary type slackless drawbar assembly for connecting one end of a first railway freight car to an adjacently disposed end of a second railway freight car in a substantially semi-permanent fashion. Such drawbar assembly includes a rear block member having a substantially flat front face portion which is disposed in a generally vertical direction. A first spherically shaped cavity is formed in a center of the front face portion of such rear block member. A ball-like member has a first portion of an outer surface thereof disposed in such first cavity. An elongated drawbar member is connected at a first end thereof to a radially opposed second portion of such ball-like member. There is a generally U-shaped front block member which includes a substantially flat inner face portion disposed in a generally vertical direction and a second spherically shaped cavity is formed in such flat inner face portion of such front block member. A second portion of an outer surface of the ball-like member located closely adjacent said drawbar member is disposed in such second cavity formed in this inner face portion of such front block member.
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Le Mark T.
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
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